Planning building design by simulating information flow

Automation in Construction

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-163

  Baldwin, Andrew N ^a   Austin, Simon A ^a   Hassan, Tarek M ^a   Thorpe, Antony ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data flow diagrams; Design management; Information flow; Planning; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008382774     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(98)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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